Freddie Bentley has opened up about receiving death threats after claiming that learning about World War Two is ‘bad for young people’s mental health’.
The Circle star took part in a debate on Good Morning Britain last week and his comments were largely criticised by angry viewers on social media who branded him ‘disrespectful’.
Freddie, 22, clashed with Sir Michael Wilshaw on the ITV show about whether millennials need to know about the war after a contestant on The Apprentice failed to recall the dates of when it happened.
He argued that learning about how many people died in conflicts “is not going to help someone in the future”.
After receiving a backlash from his comments, Freddie said he found the people sending him death threats over his comments ‘contradictory’.
He told the Daily Star : "I found it quite ironic how many death threats I received considering I mean they're the people who are telling me how many people sadly passed away for us.
"Never once did I say that we should stop learning about World War Two because it is important.
"I just really want... for kids to leave school and not be worried about how to pay for a mortgage or have life skills that I didn't leave school with."
Despite the controversy that surrounds his comments, Freddie said he doesn’t regret what he said, and was fully aware he was going to stir up trouble.
"I do stand by what I said... I am a controversial character,” he said.
"I knew it was going to cause a little bit of an uproar.
"Obviously there has been a lot of people online that have been extremely angry with my points of view... everyone's entitled to their opinion."
He added: "If someone doesn't stand up and say these things then change is never going to come."
